What does it take to get people to click a link? And why is this the toughest feat in all of the blogosphere? I was discussing this a couple of days ago with another blogger and I can’t get my head around it.

I don’t always click every link, but I click links habitually as I like to read background information or supporting documents. I talked about this phenomenon several months ago when talking about reblogs and upset many of you with my title. I questioned whether the blogging community is hypocritical or at minimum selfish. Why would I ask such a question?

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As bloggers we want visitors, views, clicks, and likes, regardless of the volume. Every blogger starts a blog in hopes that at least one other person on the interweb visits; if this were not the case we would not do what we do. It is…

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Today is Lily Belle’s 6th birthday so I joined her at Kindergarten to eat lunch. The “special” table was full so we sat with the regular people. It’s also Frozen Friday so we chose ice cream sandwiches for our treat. Once we sat down I noticed Ms. Ratched, the lunchroom and #walkdontrun monitor was walking […]

Folks all over the country are acting like this is some kind of isolated incident. Like it’s a big deal that this kid isn’t being punished suitably for forcing his venerated man parts into a sleeping woman for twenty minutes. After all, HE WAS A BOY SCOUT!

I ate a raw shrimp on this boat–rumored to be owned by Jimmy Hoffa (uncle Joe had connections, he said). Looking back I realize it was just another cruel joke I fell for in my youth – never one to pass up a challenge of my grit and determination to fit in… somewhere.

Not everybody can be a nurse either. I’m almost certain that if there is a heaven, good nurses go straight there when they die. No Purgatory, no Pearly Gates. Just straight up there with the Big Guy. I’m not 100 percent sure about doctors but nurses get a free pass to eternity.